Let's Paint TV
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Let's Paint TV is a Public Access TV show in the USA hosted by artist John Kilduff[1]. Many shows are recorded and simply involve Kilduff painting, sometimes on location, and are fairly conventional. However, there are also special live episodes which consist of John Kilduff painting while he runs on a treadmill, cooks or blends drinks, and receives calls from viewers. Some of these live episodes also contain additional tasks, such as playing chess, and he sometimes paints special guests who chat to him in the studio.
Kilduff himself is a qualified and exhibited artist, receiving Letspainttv (talk) 14:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)a MFA at UCLA in California, but his aim with the television series is to make people of all skill levels try their hand at painting or other forms of creative self-expression. Kilduff frequently encourages viewers to use very large brushes in order to cover the canvas as quickly as possible before worrying about details, as he feels an empty canvas can be very intimidating to novices.
The show originally began airing on Public Access TV in Los Angeles in 2001 and is now being seen in New York and London. Clips of the show appeared on TV's Naughtiest Blunders #23,#25,#31 hosted by Neil Morrisey in 2005 airing on ITV television network (England). It became more widely known in late 2006 when Kilduff began uploading recordings of episodes (mostly the live ones) onto the online video service YouTube, where it has since become a cult hit and increased his live show's viewership.
The bizarre sight of an artist simultaneously jogging, painting, blending drinks and chatting to guests and painting live models has led some to speculate that the whole show is an ironic piece of performance art. Kilduff denies this and states that he is completely sincere in trying to encourage people to do something creative.
The show is aired on Time Warner public access. John Kilduff has also been seen on The Tyra Banks Show, where he painted Tyra's portrait. He also appeared on the Red carpet for VH1 2006 Big Awards and painted David Hasselhoff's portrait on America's Got Talent season two.[2]
[edit] Partial cast
John Kilduff [3]
Michael Q. Schmidt [4]
Deborah Hunter [5]
Inga Svorkist[6]
James Evans[7]
Kelly Taylor [8]
Frozen Plastic (musicians) [9]
Los Cremators (musicians) [10]
Ultraviolet Eye (musicians) [11]
Rahdunes (musicians) [12]
Lamont Paul [13]
Josh Robert Thompson [14]
Mark Wentzel [15]
Cannon Kelly [16]
Paulette Nichols [17]
Ask a Chola [18]
Venus Alexa [19]
Bernard Nacion [20]
Gabe Rothschild [21]
Molly Barnes [22]
